diff --git a/biopet-framework/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/pipelines/gatk/GatkPipeline.scala b/biopet-framework/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/pipelines/gatk/GatkPipeline.scala
index 7e7f4610262836d3b763fb7f55796933f9320427..c5bb656d039e5bb2b9b19792d03f7a7d2cfaa75c 100644
--- a/biopet-framework/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/pipelines/gatk/GatkPipeline.scala
+++ b/biopet-framework/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/pipelines/gatk/GatkPipeline.scala
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ class GatkPipeline(val root: Configurable) extends QScript with MultiSampleQScri
   var mergeGvcfs: Boolean = false
 
   @Argument(doc = "Joint variantcalling", shortName = "jointVariantCalling", required = false)
-  var jointVariantcalling = config("joint_variantcalling", default = false)
+  var jointVariantcalling: Boolean = config("joint_variantcalling", default = false)
 
   @Argument(doc = "Joint genotyping", shortName = "jointGenotyping", required = false)
-  var jointGenotyping = config("joint_genotyping", default = false)
+  var jointGenotyping: Boolean = config("joint_genotyping", default = false)
 
   var singleSampleCalling = config("single_sample_calling", default = true)
   var reference: File = config("reference", required = true)